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Need help with Wakker (2010) on arbitrage
In Prospect Theory (2010; Cambridge UP), Peter P. Wakker has an exercise assignment 3.3.6 without solution in the book and I'm really unsure about this one. The exercise states on pages 76-77:
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Does Pascal's Wager fail archimedean property?
I assume most people have heard of Pascal's Wager, in case you have not: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pascal%27s_Wager
By the Stanford encyclopedia of philosphy:
"We have a decision under risk,...
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Who is the first one to equate “rational” with “complete and transitive”?
MWG taught that, suppose that the menu is finite, "rational" is the same as "complete and transitive". But it seems that it does not cite any sources. Who said this first? vNM said in 1944 that their ...
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Does Preference have a Hierarchy? A Silly Question
I have what is probably a very silly question, but I have gone down the rabbit hole and can’t get back out.....
Is there is a hierarchy of preference, and within each level of choice do we reset the ...
